7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Church of Pettersson is in session, and each week, more people are joining the congregation. It’s hard to keep 20-year-old Elias Pettersson‘s rookie season with the Vancouver Canucks in perspective, especially when the dazzling Swede is playing in an all-encompassing hockey market. In October, he was named the NHL’s
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2:12 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have activated forward Jordan Staal from injured reserve. General manager Don Waddell announced the move Thursday, hours before the Hurricanes’ game against Detroit. Staal missed five games with a concussion. He was placed on injured reserve Dec. 12 but the move was retroactive to
12:50 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee has pleaded guilty to harassing a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver. Lee, 57, entered the plea in Buffalo City Court just before his nonjury trial was to begin. He declined comment when leaving the courthouse. He was charged May
12:41 PM ET We’re trying out something new here. We’re going to use some underlying numbers to identify a few notable trends that have been bubbling under the surface and merit further investigation. This week, that includes the historically great performance being put together by the current holder of the “best goalie in the world”
6:35 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Teddy Bear Toss is one of hockey’s most joyous holiday traditions, as fans hurl thousands of stuffed animals onto the ice where they’re collected for charity. The trigger for this moment is when the home team scores its first goal of the game, which it appeared the Sheffield Steelers
6:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers forward Jujhar Khaira was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Wednesday for cross-checking St. Louis Blues defenseman Vince Dunn. Khaira was assessed a major penalty for cross-checking and given a game misconduct Tuesday night in the third period of the Oilers’
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN ‘Tis the season of giving! For this week’s power rankings — voted on, as always, by ESPN’s panel of experts — we decided to assign a holiday gift to every team as they enter their Christmas break. Previous ranking: 1 What do you give the team that literally has it
12:52 PM ET ESPN News Services The Buffalo Sabres have placed suspended forward Patrik Berglund on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. The team declined further comment in announcing the move Wednesday. Berglund was suspended by the Sabres on Saturday for failing to report to the team for its road game at
10:02 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Philadelphia Flyers‘ 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night marked a new era for the franchise. It was the first game under interim coach Scott Gordon, who replaced the fired Dave Hakstol on Monday. Perhaps more importantly, it marked the successful NHL debut for a rookie
5:55 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks added another difficult question to their long list of problems when Corey Crawford suffered another concussion. Suddenly, their goaltending situation is completely up in the air. There was no update on Crawford’s status a day after he was placed on injured reserve. The two-time All-Star